30 days holiday
Enhanced weekend pay
Team bonus

Support Worker - Hayling Island

Salary £12.40 - £16.14 per hour
Location Hayling Island
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This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

We are looking for a calm, patient and understanding Support Worker to provide high-quality, person-centred support for Jack, an adult who has learning disabilities and is non-verbal and communicates through gestures, showing options, and guiding staff to what he wants.

This is a rewarding role for someone who enjoys building positive relationships and supporting someone to experience independence, choice and enjoyment every day.

Vacancy available:

  • Day shift: £12.40 per hour weekdays and £13.64 weekends.
  • Part time - 22.5 hours per week.
  • Currently offering + £2.50 for overtime shifts (over 37.5 hours).
  • Time and a half or double time for public holidays.
  • Sleep-ins are essential and are paid at £50 per night.

Your Responsibilities

You will support Jack with:

Personal Care

  • All aspects of personal care, such as showers and baths, pad changing and support with daily routines.

Independent Living

  • Managing finances and budgeting.
  • Encouraging choice and independence.
  • Keeping routines calm, predictable and respectful.

Community & Home Activities

Jack enjoys:

  • Going for drives in his car.
  • Trips to cafés, pub lunches and garden centres.
  • Getting out for walks and being outdoors.
  • Watching TV and listening to music at home.
  • Spending time with staff he trusts.

You’ll be supporting him to continue doing the things he loves, at his pace.

About Jack

  • Jack is Non-verbal and communicates through showing options and guiding staff, he likes a calm environments, being out and about, friendly interaction and routine. Jack doesn’t like to be kept waiting or busy/noisy environments.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking someone who is:

  • Calm, patient and understanding.
  • Able to work confidently on their own.
  • Reliable and consistent.
  • Able to use their own initiative as you will be lone working.
  • Comfortable delivering personal care.
  • A confident driver with a full UK manual licence.

Support Worker Hours

You will work a set pattern of morning and afternoon shifts. Shifts are 7.5 hours, and a full-time contract is 37.5 hours (5 shifts a week).  The earliest start is from 7am and the latest finish is until 10pm.

Weekend working is essential, which will be on a rotating basis and when you work a weekend you will have the time off in the week.

Experience in support work is helpful but not essential if you bring the right attitude and willingness to learn.

FitzRoy is a national charity, set up 60 years ago by brave parents as a pioneering alternative to institutional care. Their values remain the values of FitzRoy today – we see the person, we are brave and we are creative – and they thread through everything we do.

We support hundreds of people with a range of needs. You could be supporting someone with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries or mental health support needs. Many of the people we support also have physical impairments or other health issues. Working for us will give you an opportunity to learn, to grow and to transform lives. Join us today.

30 days holiday rising with service

Staff recognition scheme

Investment in training and development

Paid
DBS

Enhanced pay for weekends and overtime

Team
bonus

Healthcare cash back plan

Employee assistance programme

Pension and life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Paid
DBS

“It’s hard to put into words what has motivated me to stay at FitzRoy for 50 years. I love working with the people we support, it really is all down to them. The connection you make with them and the difference you are making is the real delight of the job.”

“You don’t become a support worker unless you want to help people and make a difference to someone’s life. That’s what made me want to do this job – I have always been a caring person and I wanted to help give people with learning disabilities a voice.”

“FitzRoy is such an incredible place to work, everyone really cares about the people we support. I am genuinely passionate about improving their quality of life, and when you see the people we support achieving a goal I feel immense job satisfaction.”

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